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lacerate |
= cut, incised, torn; > laciniate, slashed |
plane shape |
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Having straight to irregular lines of separation extending inward from the margin. See also cleft (dissected, divided, lobate, lobed, parted, partite, segmented). |
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trunk |
= bole; < main stem, primary stem |
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The relatively stout, columnar, main stem of a distinct aboveground portion of a tree. |
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wavy |
= undulate |
margin |
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Having regular, curved, smoothly connected, alternating, wave-like deviations upward and downward from the general plane of the structure. |
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barb 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any relatively short, stiff, sharp, acutely inserted or bent, antrorse or retrorse, terminal or lateral appendage. |
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microsporocarp |
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STRUCTURE |
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A sporocarp that bears only microsporangia. |
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calyx tube |
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STRUCTURE |
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A relatively narrow, fully connate portion of a synsepalous (gamosepalous) calyx proximal to a broader portion (limb) that comprises the distinct or connate distal portions of the sepals. |
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oily 2 |
= greasy, oleaginous, unctuous |
texture |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
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cryptic |
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coloration |
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Similar to its natural background, from which it is not readily distinguished. |
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pseudoaxillary |
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insertion |
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Only apparently axillary; originally extraaxillary but displaced to the axil by differential growth during development. |
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dot |
= punctum |
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A small, generally round sector of distinct coloration or relief. |
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ridged |
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solid shape |
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Having one or more ridges; esp. fruits of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). |
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falcate 2 |
= sickle-shaped |
solid shape |
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Elongate, strongly compressed, and arcuate in the plane of compression, the two faces more or less plane and parallel, the degree of curvature decreasing distally or not; like a sickle blade. |
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septal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the septum or septa. |
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furcate |
= forked; > bifurcate |
solid shape |
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Having two or more terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
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spotted |
= blotched, maculate |
coloration |
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Having one or more areas that differ in color from the rest of the surface. See also eyespotted. |
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iridescent |
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coloration |
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Reflecting a pattern colors from throughout the visible spectrum, the pattern changing with the angle of view. |
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vermiculate |
= worm-shaped |
solid shape |
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Basically cylindric, elongate, and slender with bluntly rounded ends, variously curved over its length. |
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ala 2 pl. alae |
= wing |
STRUCTURE |
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One of the two lateral petals in a papilionaceous corolla. |
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astomatiferous |
= non-stomate-bearing |
architecture |
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Lacking stomates in the epidermis. |
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bulbil |
= bulblet |
STRUCTURE |
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A small bulb-like structure produced from a sterile or fertile plant structure other than a bulb, usually within a leaf axil, leaf sinus, or inflorescence, serving as a vegetative propagule. |
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oblanciform |
= oblanceoloid |
solid shape |
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Inversely lanciform (lancehead-shaped, lanceoloid). |
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cirrhous |
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apex |
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Having a narrow spiral tip that is a continuation of the central primary vein. |
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course |
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CHARACTER |
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Linear pattern of the centerline through the length of an axis or vein. |
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praemorse |
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apex |
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Truncate with the distal margin irregular or ragged, as if chewed. |
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disc floret |
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STRUCTURE |
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A floret that has an actinomorphic corolla, is bisexual, functionally staminate, or functionally pistillate, and is borne in a radiate, discoid, disciform, or radiant capitulum (head) interior (distal) to any peripheral series of differing florets that may be present; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
